Pulley electric motor

ABSTRACT

An electric motor apparatus that includes a disk with an increased mechanical advantage to the axle, donut-shaped permanent magnets, windings, a fulcrum (A.K.A. axle), bearings, a commutator, and a single bearing conductor that replaces the brushes. The windings with the axis placed parallel to the orbit around the fulcrum on a disk. The donut-shaped permanent magnets are cut with a slot to allow passage of the disk, spools, and windings. When windings of magnet wire are inserted with the axis parallel to the orbit around an axle inside the center of a donut-shaped permanent magnet, and the windings are electrified with the correct polarity, the windings are repulsed magnetically in the direction of rotation of the orbit around the fulcrum causing the disk and axle to rotate.

BACKGROUND

This invention is in the field of electric motors. This is a redesigned electric motor to operate with a more efficient use of electricity. Most machines and other components have an electric motor to drive them. By increasing the efficiency of electric motors, energy consumption can be reduced.

With the existing electric motor technology, the windings are adjacent and parallel to the permanent magnet with the electromagnetic force pushing towards the axle 12, thereby wasting some of the magnetic force. The traditional use of brushes, which electrify the windings too long and increase friction, have been replaced with a sealed bearing conductor 17, 21. With the windings of a traditional electric motor tightly packed into a small space and electrified longer than required, excessive heat builds up inside the electric motor requiring the inclusion of a fan blade to keep the motor from overheating. As the windings in the PULLEY ELECTRIC MOTOR are separated from each other and are close to the outside perimeter of the disk 1, the air flow around the windings, along with a shorter electrified duration, makes the use of a fan blade to cool the windings 2 redundant and unnecessary.

SUMMARY

An electric motor apparatus that includes a disk 1 with an increased mechanical advantage to the axle 12, donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, windings 2, a fulcrum in the form of an axle 12, bearings 14, a commutator 20 and a single bearing conductor 17 that replaces the brushes. The disk 1, tabs 19, windings 2, and spools 3, contain no ferrous metals. The windings 2 are placed with the axis parallel to the orbit around the fulcrum on a large diameter disk 1. The donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 are placed with the flat faces coplanar with radii of the axle 12, and the lateral faces of the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 parallel to the orbit around the axle 12. The donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 are cut with a slot to allow passage of the disk 1, spools 3, and windings 2. When windings 2 of magnet wire are inserted with the axis parallel to the orbit around an axle 12 inside the center of a donut-shaped permanent magnet 4, and the winding 2 is electrified with the correct polarity, the winding 2 is repulsed magnetically in the direction of rotation of the orbit around the fulcrum 12. When those windings 2 are attached to a disk 1, with the disk 1 attached to an axle 12, the electromagnetic force causes the disk 1 and axle 12 to rotate, creating torque to the axle 12. The result is a more efficient use of the electromagnetic force created. The electromagnetic force created is then generated in the direction of orbit around the axle 12. This is different from existing electric motors in that the windings 2 pass through the centers of donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 at a right angle to the radius of the axle 12. With the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 almost completely surrounding windings 2, the magnetic force is primarily derived from the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 and not the windings 2. By combining the mechanical advantages of a pulley FIG. 30 with an electric motor, the efficiency of the electric motor is improved. By increasing the mechanical advantage of the disk 1 to 20:1 or greater to the axle 12, the electric motor incorporates more of the mechanical advantage of a pulley FIG. 30. Increasing the mechanical advantage ratio of the disk 1 gives more torque to the axle 12.

The traditional use of brushes, which electrify the windings too long and increase friction, have been replaced with a sealed bearing conductor 17, 21. With the windings of a traditional electric motor tightly packed into a small space and electrified longer than required, excessive heat builds up inside the electric motor requiring the inclusion of a fan blade to keep the motor from overheating. As the windings in the PULLEY ELECTRIC MOTOR are separated from each other and are close to the outside perimeter of the disk 1, the air flow around the windings along with a shorter electrified duration, make the use of a fan blade redundant and unnecessary.

COMPONENT DESCRIPTIONS

DISK 1: Specifically cut and shaped to hold the axis of the windings 2 parallel to an orbit around the fulcrum axle 12. As the diameter of the disk 1 increases, the mechanical advantage of a pulley increases. The number of tabs 19 for windings 2 increases when the diameter increases.

WINDINGS 2: Magnet wire wrapped around a spool 3.

SPOOL 3: Empty case for easy wrapping of the windings 2. The spool 3 and windings 2 must have a smaller diameter than the inside of diameters of the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, with enough clearance space so that the spool 3 can pass through the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 while in the orbit of the disk 1.

DONUT-SHAPED PERMANENT MAGNETS 4: Donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, with a slot through the outside diameter and past the inside diameter, large enough for the passage of the disk 1, spool 3, windings 2, and conductors for the electrical circuits, with some additional clearance space to prevent contact.

MAGNET HOLDER 5: A ferrous piece of sheet metal bent to a right angle, with a shape on one surface similar to the flat surface on the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4. This allows the attachment and adjustment of the permanent magnet. The other surface has holes to allow it to be bolted to the sheet metal base. The magnet holders, as well as the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, are placed equidistant apart from each other in orbit around the fulcrum in such a way that the disk 1, spools 3 and windings 2 will pass through the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 and magnet holder 5 while in orbit around the fulcrum without the disk 1, spools 3 and windings 2 making contact with the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 or magnet holder 5.

NON-CONDUCTIVE SLEEVE 6: An insert for the disk 1 to allow the attachment of a machine screws 8, nuts 10, without making an electrical connection between the machine screws 8, nuts 10, and the disk 1.

NON-CONDUCTIVE WASHER 7: Allows the attachment of a conductive bolt and nut without making an electrical connection between the machine screws 8, nuts 10, and the disk 1.

BRASS MACHINE SCREW 8: Allows for the passage of electricity and connects the conductors to the star distribution units 11.

SELF-TAPPING SCREW 9: Driven into the disk 1 with rotational symmetry around the axle 12, allowing for the attachment of conductors to make electrical contact with disk 1.

BRASS MACHINE NUT 10: Allows for the locking in position of the brass machine screw 8.

STAR-SHAPED DISTRIBUTION UNIT 11: Brass sheet metal that allows for the connection of the commutator 20 leads to the brass machine screws 8.

AXLE 12 (A.K.A. FULCRUM): Secures the disk 1, allows for its rotation, also transfers torque to accessory components.

BEARING HOLDER 13: Secures the bearings 14 in place.

BRASS BEARING 14: Allows for the rotation of the axle 12 while holding the axle 12 in place.

WIRE HOLDER 15: Provides the structure for the wire conductors 16, allowing for the building of the commutator 20 by securing the wire conductors 16 in position. The wire holder 15 also attaches to the axle 12, holding the commutator 20 in orbit around the axle 12.

WIRE CONDUCTORS 16: Bent into a 3-dimensional shape to form a commutator 20, allowing for the passage of electricity from the bearing switch 21 to the star-shaped electrical distribution units 11.

STEEL BEARING 17: Rotates around the outside of the commutator 20, allowing for the passage of electricity from the commutator 20 to the self-tapping screw 9, then to the disk 1.

DIODE 18: Prevents electrical backflow saturation of the windings 2.

TAB 19: The structures of disk 1 where the spool 3 and windings 2 are installed and held in place.

COMMUTATOR 20: A rotating switch with both the wire holder 15 and the wires 16 combine to make the commutator 20.

BEARING CONDUCTOR 21: The combination of the single bearing 17, a machine screw 8 and nuts 10, to form a rotating bearing conductor 21.

FIGURES

FIG. 1: Basic assembly of the PULLEY ELECTRIC MOTOR, the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, with static magnetic fields, as well as the position of the windings 2 relative to the fulcrum 12. When the windings 2 are electrified with the correct polarity, the electromagnetic field repels against the static magnetic field of the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4. The spools 3 and windings 2 are attached near the outer diameter of the disk 1, with the axis of the spools 3 and windings 2 parallel to the orbit around the fulcrum. This applies torque to the axle 12.

FIG. 2: The shape of the disk 1, with the tabs 19 for windings 2 having rotational symmetry.

FIG. 3: The disk 1 with windings 2, and the axle 12 with the inserts 6 and washers 7 in place, that electrically isolate the machine screws 8 from the disk 1.

FIG. 4: Windings 2 around a spool 3 for easy winding of the magnet wire and installation on the tabs 19 of the disk 1.

FIG. 5: Donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, with a slot cut to allow for passage of the disk 1, the spools 3, windings 2, and conductors.

FIG. 6: Magnet holder 5, with a slot cut to allow for passage of the disk 1, the spools 3, and the windings 2, and conductors.

FIG. 7: Non-conductive sleeve 6.

FIG. 8: Non-conductive washer 7.

FIG. 9: Machine screws 8, nuts 10, and self-tapping screws 9 in position, without the disk 1.

FIG. 10: A single star-shaped electrical distribution unit 11.

FIG. 11: Star-shaped electrical distribution units 11 in a top view position, relative to each other.

FIG. 12: The axle 12.

FIG. 13: Bearing holders 13.

FIG. 14: Brass bearings 14.

FIG. 15: Illustrates how the axle 12 is fitted with the brass bearings 14 and bearing holders 13.

FIG. 16: Wire holder 15.

FIG. 17: View of the wires 16 to form 3-dimensional circuits.

FIG. 18: The assembly of the axle 12, wire holder 15, and wires in 3-dimensional circuits for the commutator 20.

FIG. 19: Bearing conductors 21 assembly, consisting of a brass machine screw 8, 2 nuts 10, and a steel bearing 17.

FIG. 20: Star-shaped electrical distribution unit 11, shown in relation to the wires 16 in the commutator 20.

FIG. 21: Schematic of the electrical shown with a view of wires 16, brass machine screws 8, star-shaped distribution unit 11, brass machine nuts 10, self-tapping screw 9, diode 18, and winding 2.

FIG. 22: Illustrates how each individual wire in the commutator 20 is connected to a different star-shaped electrical distribution unit 11 location, as well as the electrical isolation of each star-shaped distribution unit 11 from the others.

FIG. 23: Illustrates how each individual wire 16 is connected to a different star-shaped distribution unit 11 and indicates a different position in the rotation around the axle 12. Each star-shaped distribution unit 11 surrounds the axle 12 without making electrical contact.

FIGS. 24 and 25: Illustrates how each winding 2 and spool 3 pass through the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4.

FIG. 26: The commutator 20, combined with the star-shaped distribution units 11 that are in electrical contact with the machine screws 8, and yet electrically isolated from the other star-shaped distribution units 11 and other the machine screws 8.

FIG. 27: Illustrates most electrical components, in position.

FIG. 28: Top view of PULLEY ELECTRIC MOTOR, with bearings 14 and bearing holder 13.

FIG. 29: The physical and electrical contact between the commutator 20 and the bearing conductor 21.

FIG. 30: The mechanical advantage of a pulley, resulting in the increase of leverage to the axle 12, A.K.A. fulcrum.

FIG. 31: Illustrates that torque increases by combining multiple complete PULLEY ELECTRIC MOTORS onto a single axle 12. This is one way to achieve more torque with the same voltage.

FIG. 32: Illustrates a larger diameter disk 1, with an increased mechanical advantage and more tabs 19 for windings 2, will increase torque to the axle 12.

FIG. 33: Illustrates that a larger diameter disk 1 with an increased mechanical advantage, together with a larger quantity of spools 3, windings 2, star-shaped electrical distribution units 11, and donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, applies more mechanical advantage of a pulley to the axle 12. This will achieve more torque with the same voltage.

FIG. 34: Illustrates combining multiple complete PULLEY ELECTRIC MOTORS with a larger diameter disk 1 onto a single axle 12 to increase torque. This is another way to achieve more torque with the same voltage. 

1: The passing of the disk 1 having a mechanical advantage of 20:1 or greater to the axle 12, and passing the spools 3 and windings 2, which contain no ferrous metals, through the centers of stationary donut-shaped permanent magnets
 4. The spools 3 and windings 2 are attached to a disk 1 by tabs 19 with the axis of the spool 3 and windings 2 parallel to the orbit around a fulcrum. When the windings 2 are electrified with the correct polarity, the resulting electromagnetic force repels the windings 2 away from the donut-shaped permanent magnets 4 in the direction of the rotation of an axle
 12. The disk 1 being attached to the windings 2 by the tabs 19, the electromagnet force repelling the windings 2 away from the stationary donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, applies torque to the disk
 1. With disk 1 attached to the axle 12 applies torque at a mechanical advantage of 20:1 or greater to the axle
 12. By increasing the mechanical advantage of a disk 1 up to 30:1 or greater to the axle 12, and increasing the quantity of tabs 19, spools 3, and windings 2, will result in more torque to the axle
 12. 2: All diameters of disks 1, spools 3, windings 2, donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, mechanical advantage ratios, quantities of tabs 19, spools 3, windings 2, star-shaped electrical distribution units 11, and donut-shaped permanent magnets
 4. The increase in diameter of the disk 1 along with increasing the quantity of tabs 19, spools 3, windings 2, star-shaped electrical distribution units 11, donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, diodes 18, magnet holders 5, and wires in the commutator 20, will increase the torque to the axle
 12. 3: Increasing the quantity of complete PULLEY ELECTRIC MOTORS attached to a single axle 12 will increase the torque to the axle
 12. Including disks 1 with an increased mechanical advantage, along with increasing the quantity of tabs 19, spools 3, windings 2, star-shaped electrical distribution units 11, donut-shaped permanent magnets 4, diodes 18, magnet holders 5, and wires in the commutator
 20. 4: The traditional use of brushes to connect the power source with the rotor has been replaced with a sealed bearing 17 creating a rotating conductor bearing
 21. 